#C5B33E#C5B33E

#C5B33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B33E
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -6.87, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 59.81, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0245 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0173, 44.4601, 11.0303)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B33E #3E50C5

analogous

#C56F3E #C5B33E #93C53E

triadic

#C5B33E #3EC5B3 #B33EC5

tetradic

#C5B33E #3EC56F #3E50C5 #C53E93

square

#C5B33E #3EC56F #3E50C5 #C53E93

split-complementary

#C5B33E #3E93C5 #6F3EC5

monochromatic

#695F20 #988A2E #C5B33E #D3C66D #E1D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C5B33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B33E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B33E	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac97a',
    500: '#c5b33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b33e;
$custom-light: #dac97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7609,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B33E

secondary

#9199CD

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B33E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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